interlude is an ever-changing formation of people gathering regularly to collectively un—learn and un—mute through listening and sounding practices. Inspired by Pauline Oliveros’ practice and philosophy, these experiences are invitations to explore emancipatory practices through the forces of sound and listening. Our project comes from a place of personal research, curiosity and genuine interest in the exploration of these practices. We are always seeking to approach them in a non-hierarchical way, learning from each other as well as all participants, creating support structures for others to feel held and heard.
If you have an idea for a listening session, share a track/text you’ve been working on, mix some music that is accumulating under your saved favourites, reach us with your propositions.
Music for lighthouse-keeping, sensuous lovers, or the dining room of the athlete’s village at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964; a quick search on the music database Discogs indicates that as of November 2024, it contains 3,363 unique entries that have “music for …” in their title. These titles suggest that the music is preconditional; they are, for example, intended for a specific place, activity, or audience. During “Music for Biscuits and Other Preconditional Sounds,” sound artist Oscar van Leest will share some general reflections on the historical and contemporary contexts of listening and host a listening session featuring some of his favorite finds among the vast number of “Music for …” works that exist.
The Purple Lab collective is launching its “Les Indépendances” festival in Paris and has brought together 30 artists for the occasion to take over the Mains d’Œuvres space and share counter-narratives of the Independences. Through an exhibition, performances, workshops for all audiences, meetings, film screenings and an eclectic line-up, we invite you to meet them on October 19!
listening, installation, drinks & concert
featuring Timo van Sark (ity), Pedro Kastelijns & qbae
Most persons are surprised, and many distressed but Writing weakens the mind, and Interlude is hosting a "Back to School" event on Friday, September 13th, starting at 5 PM at the Rietveld Pavilion.
Giulia Nicolai has invited k. cidder, a researcher and sound artist from Bristol, to join the event.
June 27: Full timetable* for the 12hr radio session of Mushroom Radio @ Garage Noord below.
On Monday 17.06, 18H, please join us for the last session of the spring season
This time Giulia Nicolai joined us to organise the event
⎠⏝ Elastic Collisions: Lingual Music from the Lily Greenham Archive ⏝
Sunday June 9!!!
with our pals Corecore we are organizing a Weather Report session
@ Bar Theo, originally curated by the one and only Sara Campos.
Enter the loOOOoom of Sonic Tapestry coming Monday and Tuesday 27-28.05 in Rietveld Pavilion and around from 17:00 until 21:00.
As kids, we want to reconnect with the primary needs of food, music and dance. In our early days we always wanted to grow up, and the more we grow up the more we feel this nostalgia and want to look back on our childhood.
COME EARLY, STAY LATE
20+ incredible contributors are participating to our musical melodious page turning public program taking place in the Rietveld gardens on Friday May 10 during BYOB fair 2024
come and listen from 15h onwards :
On Friday April 18 we invite you to “read, listen, do“ a reading and listening session by noisierr with ndmnk solutions.
We will depart from a text fragment from Michael Serres the Parasite in relation to noise.
Do not be afraid, this is the only reading group that does not demand any preparation! Just come by at 4:30
Friday, 05.04.23
18.00-21.00
@ Rietveld Pavilion
Frederik Roeskestraat 96
On March 21 interlude are playing at Bar Theo (Rozengracht 160) together with SacreScare.
Think: drake, cedar and notably ecclesiastical.
corecore presents: y’all don’t fw music like i do
Sixteen DJs and artists, all more or less local to Amsterdam’s music scene(s), to share 20 minute minimixes in a six hour listening session and broadcast in De Sering.
interlude organizes listening sessions from March 2023 at the Rietveld Academie and its surroundings. This year, we are launching an open call to invite you to contribute with an idea for a session.
On Sunday February 11 Bar Theo hosts ‘Weather Report’:
music by Koen Nutters, Henryk Golden and Interlude.
Music starts at 19.30
Bar opens at 16.00
Rozengracht 160
A Sunday Afternoon @ ENTER ENTER
With Test Prints + Posters + Samples + Drinks + Musical contribution by INTERLUDE !
Sunday 4 February / 3-6pm
O O O o o, we are back with a warm & full program for next week and would be so happy if you would join us:
Last season interlude. That was, like, an entire sentence that we somehow built together with nouns and verbs and connective tissue. They were thinking how it was the connective tissue (yes the connective tissue) which it was all about. They were trying out shyly to offer ways of listening. But they could not say the day was over. The business, they thought, was not only unfinished but maybe not done enough. The ears still open. The people, yes all still here, byob, old friend. The thought of seeing each other again. The potentiality still glimmering around. And look, there might be even some new things awaiting you.
Join us for a 4-day sonic celebration in the Graphic Design bookshop at the end of the 1st floor hallway (RV building)
B of blue - join us tomorrow
1. byob (bring your own book) is the bookfair
1.2. And you contributed a book
2. byov (bring your own voice) is the supporting event
2.2. And you can complement your book with a voice
•• •••Welcome the spring, •••••••the summer rain, •••••Softly turned to sing again• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Älg0$p34k is a sound installation by P3A and Raf. Through a setup of 16 different speakers a polyphonic choir is created with TIk Tok’s 4 different text to speech voices.
You are invited to an evening with one note at a time
Kris van Melle and their synthesiser (live)
well we are just an open call but I think the people from interlude are creating a bi-monthly event in which there will be a space, technical equipment, exciting listeners and drinks and food provided.
We invite you to join our second listening session to talk about the art of looping, sampling, infinity music and explore the massive work or Pamela Z.
"And then they sent me “I miss You” by Blink182 yesterday, and you know I was just wondering what it all means, I mean you would not sent that song to anyone, right?”
2023
Elsa Baslé
Alva Bücking
Uma Naddermier
listening, installation, drinks & concert
featuring Timo van Sark (ity), Pedro Kastelijns & qbae
FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER from 17.00 at the Rietveld Gym
- open to all
We are so happy to announce our upcoming listening session, this friday at the Rietveld Gym (dm for location if you are unsure). Come by for a drink and transition into the sound installation & concerts. During the evening, radio signals—ranging from distant broadcasts to ambient interference—will be captured, manipulated, and transmitted through various objects. After Timo’s performance, Pedro Kastelijns & qbae will be playing songs around the question “How to build a house and how to live in it?” - A multicolored sonic journey rooted in Brazilian grooves, jazz, improvisation and MCing.
Timo van Sark Timo
is an Amsterdam-based musician and designer who co-runs the label Seedlink+. He just released the album No Road No Problem, and takes interest in the radio as a tool of transmission.
Pedro Kastelijns
Pedro’s work encompasses drawing, painting, sculpture, music, performance, and installation, combining visual -two and three-dimensional- work with sound -music, and performance. In the past year, Pedro has started an exploration of the polyhedric meanings of brick walls that encompasses their conceptual relevance as well as their omnipresence in his personal life from both his homeland Brazil and the Netherlands.
